Avian Influenza -- United States
Testing at nearby farms in the wake of a highly pathogenic H7N8 avian flu outbreak that struck a turkey facility in southern Indiana last week [week of 11 Jan 2016] turned up a low-pathogenic version of the virus in 8 more farms, hinting that the virus mutated to a more lethal strain as it spread.
In a related development, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that, because H7 viruses have infected people before, so human infections from the new strain could occur,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1RV8Lsc
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